Improvement in water-wheels



dnitrli tapes aient @twine Letters .Patent No. 98,739, dated January l11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WHEELS.

The Schedule refenednto in these Letters Patent and making pari; o the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. BUCKLEY, of Amenia Union, in the county of Dutchess, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,`forming part of this specifi-- cation. g

Figure l is a horizontal section of my improved waterwlieel, taken through the line x x, iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a detail vertical section of the same, taken through the line y y, g. `1.

Similar letters of reference indicate lcorresponding parts..

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved water-wheel, simple in construction ande'ective in operation, utilizing a larger per cent. of the power of the water, and running with a less head of water than the wheels constructed in the ordinary manuel'.

And it consists in the construction and combination of the various'parts of the wheel, as hereinafter more illlly described.

A is the lim of the wheel, which is made with outwardly-projecting franges, a, upon its upper and lower edges., as shown in fig. 2.

The upper part ot the rim A is securely attached to the outer ends of the radial arms B, the inner ends of which are securely connected with the shaft G, so as to carry the said shaft with them in their revolution. The lower end of this shaft C revolves in a step, in

. the ordinary manner. I

D is the casing, which entirely surrounds the wheel A B, and in the oppositesides of the rim of which are formed chutes, d', one or more, for the ingress and egress of the wat-er. l

The chutes d' are divided into two compartments by the partitions E, which curve toward their inner ends in both directions, as shown ing. 1. One of I these compartments serves for the ingress, and the other for the egress of the water, the curves of the said partition E giving a proper direction to the iniiow- 'ing and ontflowing water.

F are thebuckets, two or more' of which are used, and 4which move out and in through slot-s in vthe rim A, their end'edges working in grooves in the flanges, a.

` The buckets F are securely att-ached, at their inner edges, to the outer ends of arms G, theviuner ends oi which pass through guide-holes in the anged collar H, securely attached to the shaft() Upon the lower sides of the arms G are. formed, or to them are attached arms, having rollers l pivoted to them, which pass down, one upon each side of the guide-flange J. The lower edge of the tlange J is securely attached to the bottom plate of the casing D, and the said ange is so formed as to draw the buckets F inward, to allow them to pass the partitions,

and as soon as the said buckets F have passed thev said partitions, to again project them, to receive the water, as shown in tig. 1.

`Having thus described lmy invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An improved water-wheel, formed bythe combination ot' the rim A a', arms B, shaft G, casing D d',

partitions E, buckets F, one or more, arms G, hanged collar H, arms or rollers I, and guide-flange J, with each other, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purposeset forth. Y

^ 2. The partition E, constructed as described,'in com-A bination with the chutes d', of the casing D, and with the rim A a', and sliding buckets F, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

EDWARD M. `BUGKLEY.

Witnesses JOHN M. SWIFT, MILo F. Wmonesrnn. 

